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Planetary Names: Facula, faculae: Abeeso Facula on Mercury

Abeeso Facula

Feature Name	Abeeso Facula
Clean Name	Abeeso Facula
Feature ID	15728
Target	Mercury
Feature Type	Facula, faculae
Coordinate System	Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Control Network	MESSENGER Team
Northernmost Latitude	22.10 °
Southernmost Latitude	21.40 °
Easternmost Longitude	214.30 °
Westernmost Longitude	215.00 °
Diameter	32.00 km
Center Latitude	21.70 °
Center Longitude	214.60 °
WKT String	MULTIPOLYGON (((145.6190239935308 22.00003011978505, 145.5408092742094 22.08557746904288, 145.4210429852484 22.13690587859758, 145.2743903865207 22.12224061872478, 145.1326262077506 22.06357957923372, 145.0495230684715 21.99025327986989, 145.0128599187897 21.8973733006757, 145.0079714988321 21.73361123209646, 145.0479090470546 21.61747052127075, 145.1057398979839 21.50629970406853, 145.1644009374749 21.4354176146835, 145.2390628118572 21.38466872949989, 145.3452724759057 21.37920078517122, 145.4601503449091 21.40119867498037, 145.545697694167 21.44030603464109, 145.6141355735732 21.47452497434421, 145.6801047384689 21.54164975422608, 145.7302959504562 21.66766173325801, 145.7228206635645 21.77017995348739, 145.7045713427885 21.90715014059089, 145.6190239935308 22.00003011978505)))
Continent	Africa
Ethnic/Cultural Group or Country	Somalia
Quad	H-08 [pdf]
Reference	[455] - The proceedings of the First International Congress of Somali Studies, Issue 2 of Occasional papers and proceedings, edited by Hussein Mohamed Adam and Charles Lee Geshekter: Scholars Press, 1992.
Approval Status	Adopted by IAU
Approval Date	Apr 02, 2018
Origin	Somali word for snake.
Last Updated	Apr 03, 2018 11:57 AM

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